The project started on March 2023. The doctoral programme launched 2 calls in June 2023 and June 2024 respectively. In the first Call 12 doctoral fellowships were awarded, and in the second 14 fellows were awarded. A total of 26 fellows are part of DOCFAM-PLUS doctoral programme. The evaluation consisted of 5 steps. It was an open, transparent and merit based process, following the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researcher. Both calls were openly announced internationally, following the Communication Plan that targeted different groups. The strategy was focused on three main pillars, DOCFAM-PLUS website; infoday online; Press note, leaflet and flyer; Direct contact with target groups of interest. This was complemented with the compulsory Euraxess link plus some other dissemination sites, which have been useful to promote the call.
In terms of training, A Welcome day was organized for the fellows from both calls. DOCFAM-PLUS fellows enjoyed training organised by the partner organisations, including a high variety of weekly seminars, transversal skills workshops, annual meeting with the University Committee, yearly workshops, open access seminars... In addition, a Scientific Meeting of PhD students is orgnanised yearly by the DOCFAM-PLUS partners, in which 2024 editions had DOCFAM-PLUS fellows as organisers.
DOCFAM-PLUS also counts with different supervision arrengements that allowed to have a follow-up on the progression of the PhD: a Career Development Plan (updated yearly by the fellows), a Fellow Progress Report and a Supervisor Progress Report.
